List of Wild Kratts episodes
This is an episode list of Wild Kratts.
Episodes
Season 1 (2011–12)
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| 1 | 1 | "Mom of a Croc" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Nile River (Uganda) | Nile crocodile, hippopotamus, Nile monitor, African softshell turtle, marabou stork, honey badger | January 3, 2011 | 101 |
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At the Nile River, zoologists Chris and Martin Kratt are on a mission to show one of their fellow Wild Kratts team members—brilliant young inventor Aviva Corcovado—that there's more to crocodiles than just violence and snapping jaws. After shrinking themselves down to a few inches tall by using Aviva's Miniaturizer invention, the Kratt brothers disguise themselves as crocodile eggs and sneak into a mother crocodile's new nest. In the Wild Kratts team's turtle-shaped aircraft and headquarters—the Tortuga, one of Aviva's greatest inventions—the Wild Kratts tech team, consisting of Aviva, communications expert and mechanic Koki, and skilled pilot Jimmy Z monitor Chris and Martin and watch as the mother crocodile faithfully guards her nest against predators for months without even eating anything. Eventually, as the crocodile eggs hatch and the crocodile mom uses her mouth to carry several of her newly hatched babies to the river, Aviva changes her mind about crocodiles and decides that these reptiles are in fact caring and dedicated mothers. But when the mother crocodile leaves the river to go get more hatchlings from her nest, predators threaten the first batch of baby crocodiles. The Kratt brothers must use the incredible Creature Power Suits—two of Aviva's inventions—to gain the abilities of crocodiles and protect the vulnerable crocodile hatchlings. Animal names: Crocodilla, Chompella (formerly Chomp), Crunchina (formerly Crunch), Jawsana (formerly Jaws), Munchette (formerly Munch), Snapifer (formerly Snapper), Frederica (formerly Fred) | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Whale of a Squid" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Southern Ocean | Sperm whale, giant squid, colossal squid, New Zealand arrow squid, amphipod | January 4, 2011 | 102 |
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The Kratt brothers use Aviva's amphipod-inspired submersible, the Amphisub, to dive into the deep waters of the Southern Ocean. There, they witness a never-before-seen wildlife moment: a battle between a sperm whale and a giant squid. However, the water pressure at the extreme depths where the battle is taking place badly damages and partially crushes the Amphisub, forcing Aviva to use her new ExtendoArm invention to pull the submersible back to the Tortuga. To allow Chris and Martin to return to the site of the whale-versus-squid battle, Aviva programs two new Creature Power Suits—Sperm Whale Power for Chris, and Squid Power for Martin. The Kratt brothers use their new Creature Powers to dive back into the deep sea, where the sperm whale and the giant squid are still locked in combat. Suddenly, the sperm whale becomes entangled in a discarded fishing net and begins sinking toward an area full of underwater volcanoes. To make matters worse, a colossal squid attacks the sperm whale's calf. Chris and Martin must put their Creature Powers of both sperm whale and squid to good use to rescue the mother sperm whale and her calf. Animal names: Bumper, Squiddo, Squidtacular, Squidsicle, Beaks | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Aardvark Town" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Botswana | Aardvark, spotted hyena, common warthog, lion, South African shelduck, African rock python, Cape porcupine, Macrotermes termite, aardwolf | January 5, 2011 | 103 |
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The Wild Kratts crew travels to Mozambique's Savanna to create a geological map of all the local aardvark dens, hoping to study the secrets of the rarely seen aardvark. But after a young aardvark accidentally becomes a stowaway in Chris' backpack, the team set off on a search to return him to his home burrow, and find his mother. Along the way, they discover how aardvarks manipulate earth materials to alter landscapes and learn the incredible (and valuable) service this amazing animal provides to all burrow-living creatures of Africa. But after searching hole after hole, the Kratt brothers discover that the aardvark's mother and the other burrowing animals have been kidnapped by the evil inventor, Zach Varmitech, who plans to use the aardvark to dig his pool for him. They manage to stop Zach and return the mama aardvark to "Slurpy" while Zach has a run-in with an angry warthog. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal name: Slurpy | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Flight of the Draco" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Borneo | Draco lizard, yellow-crested cockatoo, Bornean orangutan | January 6, 2011 | 104 |
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While studying the mysterious Draco lizards of Borneo—one of the few gliding lizards in the world—Chris falls out of a tree and develops a severe fear of heights, forcing Martin to study the lizards alone. But while Chris tries to conquer his fear, the evil fashion designer Donita Donata and her henchman Dabio kidnap all the Draco lizards of the rainforest—and Martin—to create a new fall line of living lizard jewelry, with Martin as their new top male model. To save his brainwashed brother, and all the Draco lizards in the forest, Chris is forced to overcome his fear and don the powers of the gliding lizard. Villains of the week: Donita Donata, Dabio, Zach Varmitech Animal name: Zippy | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Mystery of the Squirmy Wormy" | Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt | Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt | New York City | Earthworm, American bullfrog, blue jay, American robin, brown thrasher, star-nosed mole, largemouth bass, common raccoon | January 7, 2011 | 105 |
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Aviva builds the Kratt brothers a new machine, a miniaturizer, allowing them to shrink down to microscopic levels. After a rainstorm, the brothers decide to use it to solve the mystery of why earthworms come up to the surface after a rainstorm. They decide to stage the experiment in Central Park. They then spend the day with an earthworm named Pinky, tunneling underground, and observing the everyday life of a worm. But after their new worm friend is carried off by a bird and left on the sidewalk to die, Chris and Martin race to save the worm before the sun dehydrates her. Animal name: Pinky | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Platypus Cafe" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Tributary of the Murray River | Platypus, common yabby | January 10, 2011 | 106 |
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While kayaking in a tributary of Australia's Murray River, Chris and Martin find a mother platypus and her eggs, and shrink down to watch them hatch. But when the evil endangered species Chef Gourmand floods the platypus's den and steals the platypus eggs, and kidnaps Chris as a side dish, Martin and Aviva work around the clock to solve the mystery of the platypus' sixth sense with the Kratts' new platypus friend. Meanwhile, as Chris tries to stall Gourmand, fellow villains, Zach Varmitech and Donita Donata, arrive for the main course—poached platypus eggs, with a side of Kratt brother. Martin activates his platypus powers with the sixth sense to rescue Chris and the eggs. Villains of the week: Chef Gourmand, Zach Varmitech, Donita Donata Animal names: Plato, Platty, Platter | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Polar Bears Don't Dance" | Luc Chamberland | Eva Almos | Baffin Island | Polar bear, walrus | January 12, 2011 | 107 |
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Four days ago, during the events of the episode "Mom of a Croc", while snowboarding across the Canadian tundra, the Kratt brothers discover a mother polar bear and her cub, and Martin is almost attacked by the protective mother. After a narrow escape, Chris and Martin learn about the intense rivalry between the Arctic polar bear, and another protective mother, the Arctic walrus. But after Zach Varmitech kidnaps the cub and the calf of both animals everything goes wrong, and the Kratt brothers activate their creature power suits. Chris manages to activate his creature power suit immediately, but Martin finds it impossible to touch the mother bear without being mauled by her. The brothers manage to save the babies, but Zach kidnaps the moms to start a show in an ice arena and leaves the Kratts to survive in a thick blizzard. Then, Martin activates his creature power suit with a polar bear cub friend and they both survive as they head to save the moms with Aviva. Chris and Martin stop Zach from making the moms fight each other in the ice arena. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal name: Poby | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Build It Beaver" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Maine | North American beaver, American bullfrog, common raccoon, gray wolf, star-nosed mole, North American river otter, moose, wood duck, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, crayfish | January 13, 2011 | 108 |
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After testing Aviva's new invention, a parachute canoe, the Kratt brothers meet a young boy named Aidan Kratt, who lives near a beaver pond. But before they can leave, Chris discovers a family of beavers has integrated his favorite paddle into their beaver dam. Chris removes it, causing the whole dam to fall apart and leaving the beavers and numerous other animals without a home. Feeling guilty, Chris and Martin volunteer to help rebuild the dam as the rest of the crew bring the pond creatures into the Tortuga. But they soon discover that a flash flood is on the horizon, one that could possibly doom every creature in the pond if they do not finish the dam in time. And if breaking the dam over and over again was not enough, they also have to deal with beaver predators, and must solve the issue by the use of the abilities of the beaver. Animal names: Sticker, Timber, Buddy, Twig | ||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Voyage of the Butterflier XT" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Trans-North America | Monarch butterfly, eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar, Canada lynx, Gila monster, tree swallow, European garden spider, peregrine falcon, walrus, giraffe | January 17, 2011 | 109 |
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After being challenged by Aviva, Chris and Martin shrink down to the size of a monarch butterfly, and travel with a butterfly named Maxilla on her annual migration to Mexico, flying over 3,000 miles of land and sea. But the plan is complicated when Donita plans on stealing all the butterflies to launch a new line of butterfly barrettes. After she gets away with most of the butterflies while Chris and Martin are hibernating, the brothers activate their creature power suits to stop her, only to discover a shocking secret about the monarch butterflies that will change their entire worldview. Villains of the week: Donita Donata, Dabio Animal names: Maxilla, Maxilla Jr. | ||||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Honey Seekers" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Kalahari | Honey badger, greater honeyguide, African honey bee, lion, impala, blue wildebeest, | January 19, 2011 | 110 |
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While camping in the Kalahari Desert, searching for Africa's roughest, toughest predator, Chris and Martin learn that Chef Gaston Gourmand is planning on serving a mystery animal at his next buffet, with Zach Varmitech as his guest of honor. Now, the Kratt brothers must race to save the mystery animal and learn about the toughest creature which Martin thinks is the lion but Chris thinks it is the African honeybee. While at the same time discovering it is the African honey badger, learning about the symbiotic relationship between it and the honey guide until Gourmand captures the mystery animal which reveals itself to be the honey badger. The bros activate their honey guide and honey badger powers but Chris gets trapped along with Aviva. And when Martin discovers a key to stopping Gourmand, he activates his honey guide power suit to lure all the honey badgers in the Kalahari to Gourmand to defeat him. Villains of the week: Chef Gourmand, Zach Varmitech Animal names: Sweet Tweet, Tough-O | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Bass Class" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Wisconsin | Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, crayfish, earthworm, striped bass, redbreast sunfish | January 20, 2011 | 111 |
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While studying bass in America's Great Lakes, Chris and Martin meet a young boy named Gavin Kratt, who shows them his third-place-fishing trophy. But after Zach tries to steal Gavin's trophy and fails to do so, he challenges the brothers to a winner-take-all contest—whoever catches the biggest bass gets to win and keeps Gavin's trophy. At the same time learning the secrets of fishing and the bass. But the brothers soon learn that Zach is cheating, and are faced with the dilemma of how to win the contest fairly, torn between their own sense of morality, and the need to help Gavin. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal names: Gulpa | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Fireflies" | Martin Kratt | Chris Roy | Georgia | Photinus firefly, Photuris firefly, American toad | January 24, 2011 | 112 |
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The Wild Kratts crew spends the night in a North American forest, studying the secrets of fireflies' bioluminescence. But when Donita Donata kidnaps all the forest's fireflies, Martin rushes off to save them despite Chris's warnings and is captured by Donita again, leaving it up to Chris to save both him and the fireflies. Villains of the week: Donita Donata, Dabio Animal name: Blinker | ||||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Mystery of the Weird Looking Walrus" | Chris Kratt | Eva Almos | Bering Sea | Walrus, giant Pacific octopus, clam | January 27, 2011 | 113 |
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While deep-sea diving in the Bering Sea to solve a mystery of why walruses are so weird-looking with Aviva's newly rebuilt manta riders, the Kratt brothers discover that Zach Varmitech has stolen a rare and priceless pearl. They soon learn that Zach plans to trade it to Donita Donata, in return for her partnership with him in his next evil plot, until Zach loses the pearl in the sea. The Kratts are then forced to search for the pearl while trying to save the walruses with walrus power to stop Zach who has captured them to be his robotic slaves to find the rare pearl. Villains of the week: Zach Varmitech, Donita Donata Animal name: Blobby | ||||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Tazzy Chris" | Chris Kratt | Eva Almos | Tasmania, Zach's mansion | Tasmanian devil, American bullfrog, bulldog | January 31, 2011 | 114 |
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Chris, Martin, and the Wild Kratts crew volunteer to fly to the island of Tasmania, to tag the endangered Tasmanian devil, hoping to save the species from extinction. Along the way, they find that Tasmanian devils are not the vicious carnivores that most humans believe they are, but instead gentle scavengers. But after a T-devil bites Chris's suit, it malfunctions, mutating him into an out-of-control Tasmanian devil/human hybrid. As Chris begins to slow down the mission, he gets to eat rotten meat and carcasses. Martin notices the malfunction and worries that his brother might never be the same again. Meanwhile, Zach devises a plan to keep the neighborhood children off his lawn, by turning T-devils into Tasmanian devil robots. After discovering Zach's plan, Chris must learn to control his new wild side to help the neighborhood kids and stop Zach's plot before he causes the Tasmanian devils to become extinct, forever. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal name: T-Bone, Rufus | ||||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Octopus Wildkratticus" | Chris Kratt | Eva Almos | Pacific Ocean | Giant Pacific octopus, octopus fossil, great white shark, walrus, bowhead whale, Atka mackerel | February 3, 2011 | 115 |
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While playing with Aviva's new invention, ace manta riders, Martin accidentally causes the creature power suits to fall into an Arctic trench, onto an octopus named Seven (due to his missing tentacle). In a desperate attempt to get the suits back, Chris, Martin, and Aviva dive into the depths of the ocean with a new invention called the Octopod, only to discover the suits have activated while they were still on Seven, mutating him into a horrific sea monster. Now the Kratt brothers and Aviva must risk their lives to retrieve the suits and save Seven. Animal names: Seven | ||||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Walk on the Wetside" | Martin Kratt | Eva Almos | Costa Rica | Plumed basilisk, harpy eagle, green iguana, red-tailed boa | February 21, 2011 | 116 |
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The Wild Kratts fly to Costa Rica to study another rare lizard, the basilisk lizard, capable of running on water. But unknown to the Wild Kratts, Donita and Dabio have been secretly hacking their communications, and Donita soon kidnaps their new lizard friend, Splash Claw, hoping to use him as a hat to win a contest in Paris. The brothers must then decode the mystery of water running to save Splash Claw before it is too late. Villains of the week: Donita Donata, Dabio Animal name: Splash Claw | ||||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Elephant in the Room" | Chris Kratt | Eva Almos | Serengeti | African bush elephant, spotted hyena | February 22, 2011 | 117 |
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While driving their jeep (the Createrra) across the African Savanna, Chris and Martin find a baby elephant separated from his mother. Martin names him Thornsley, and brings him back to the Tortuga HQ, only to discover the power of a baby African elephant, and the work necessary to take care of one. While the team is sleeping, Thornsley takes control of the Tortuga, causing Aviva, Koki and Jimmy Z to crash-land in the desert, leaving the Kratt brothers stranded in the savanna. Jimmy Z gets mad when the elephant eats his sandwich, the gang gets miniaturized by the shrink machine and gets trapped in a shoe. The bros manage to find the Tortuga, finding it a wreck by the young mischievous elephant, and bring the crew back to their original size. Chris and Martin then find his herd and his mom, who's trapped in mud, and must use elephant strength and power to save her. They do so and Thornsley is reunited with his mother. Animal name: Thornsley | ||||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Let the Rhinos Roll!" | Martin Kratt | Eva Almos | Serengeti | Black rhinoceros, red-billed oxpecker, lion, veiled chameleon, giant African land snail, brown dog tick | March 28, 2011 | 118 |
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After black rhinos begin disappearing on the African Serengeti, the Wild Kratts crew fly there to investigate. After a suspicious rhino stampede, Chris and Martin find a baby rhino that they name Nubs. Martin takes Nubs back to the Tortuga HQ, while Chris continues to investigate the stampede, wondering if there is a connection between it and the disappearances, and if there is something sinister at work. But to Chris' horror, he discovers that Zach Varmitech is behind the whole plot, and is transforming rhinos into his own personal bulldozers. After kidnapping Chris onboard his jet, Zach reveals to him that finding Nubs was a trap so that he could trace the location of the team's headquarters—the Tortuga—and have the rhinos destroy it, with Martin and the Wild Kratts still inside. Faced with their impending doom, the Wild Kratts quickly use the strengths and weaknesses of the black rhino to save themselves, rescue Chris, and both foil Zach's plot. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal name: Nubs | ||||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Kickin' It With the Roos" | Chris Kratt | Eva Almos | Outback | Red kangaroo, dingo, wedge-tailed eagle, laughing kookaburra | April 21, 2011 | 119 |
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While cruising in the Australian Outback, a joey named Hopster steals the keys to the Createrra VX, stranding Chris and Martin in the outback until they can find the keys. In an effort to retrieve their only remaining set of car keys, Chris and Martin activate their creature power suits and disguise themselves as red kangaroos, hoping to blend in with the mob and find Hopster. But after being challenged to a kickboxing match by the herd's alpha male, the Roo boss, Chris is forced to fight him so Martin can get the keys from Hopster. But as predators begin to descend upon the mob, the Kratt brothers struggle simply to survive in the ruthless Australian Outback. Animal names: Hopster, Roo Boss | ||||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Blue and the Gray" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Virginia | Eastern gray squirrel, blue jay, northern goshawk, American black bear, wild turkey, common raccoon, bobcat, white-tailed deer, North American beaver, coyote | April 22, 2011 | 120 |
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The Wild Kratts Crew fly to a North American oak tree forest to study the unique relationship between gray squirrels, and the oak trees that they create. But after getting lost in the forest, Chris and Martin challenge each other to a creature contest, to see which is the better oak tree planter, the grey squirrels or the blue jays. But after the contest goes too far, Martin's creature power suit malfunctions, mutating him into an oak tree. Unable to move his branches to deactivate his suit, and with Chris stuck as a grey squirrel, the Kratt brothers soon realize that they are trapped in the forest, and are surrounded by predators. Due to the Kratt brothers' communicators also being broken, Koki is unable to track their location, leaving it up to a pair of Wild Kratts kids to find and rescue them. Animal name: Old Needle Claws | ||||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Falcon City" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | New York City | Peregrine falcon, rock pigeon | May 23, 2011 | 121 |
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After flying to the nearest city to learn about the peregrine falcon, the world's fastest bird (and world's fastest animal)—capable of diving up to 240 miles per hour—The Kratt brothers are disappointed to find only a flock of ordinary pigeons. But after accidentally activating his creature power suit, Chris transforms into a homing pigeon and finds himself lost in the big city. While trying to find his way home, Chris discovers that pigeons are not so ordinary and boring after all. Meanwhile, Zach decides to rid his skyscraper of all birds, including the family of peregrines that are nested on the side of the building, leaving it up to the Wild Kratts to harness the powers of both falcon and pigeon to save them. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal name: Fluff | ||||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Koala Balloon" | Martin Kratt | Eva Almos | Outback | Koala, thorny devil, dingo, monarch butterfly | July 11, 2011 | 122 |
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The Kratt brothers devise a new creature challenge, to try to survive 24 hours in the wild Australian Outback, without any kind of technology whatsoever—including their creature power suits. Both are wanting to learn more about Australia's rare desert creatures, the old-fashioned way. Ignoring Aviva's concerns about their safety, they pack their bags with survival gear, and skydive into the desert, hoping to find excitement and adventure. Meanwhile, Zach Varmitech and his Zachbots also fly to Australia to find eucalyptus leaves for Zach's eucalyptus tea, hoping to use it as a cure to his common cold. But after finding a stow-away koala in the eucalyptus leaves, Zach ejects him from his jet, attached to dozens of balloons. The Kratt brothers watch as he falls from the sky, rescue him, and name him "Koala Balloon". They volunteer to watch him and keep him safe until they arrive at the designated eucalyptus forest where the other Wild Kratts are waiting for them. Meanwhile, Aviva worries that the brothers might not survive the night, but Koki and Jimmy reassure her that Chris and Martin know what they are doing. But the koala makes Martin and Chris's survival in the desert even more difficult when he accidentally destroys their precious food and water, endangering all their lives. The two then spend their night protecting the koala from a pack of hungry dingoes, instead of getting their much-needed sleep. Eventually, Martin reveals that he packed the creature power suits anyway, just in case they needed them and use thorny devil powers with a thorny devil friend. The brothers are then forced to lose their bet with Aviva, activating their creature power suits so they could survive long enough to make it the eucalyptus forest. After finally meeting with the rest of the team, they set the koala free, and admit defeat, learning that even some of the greatest explorers and zoologists in their history sometimes needed help from modern-day technology. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal names: Koala Balloon, Spinster | ||||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Cheetah Racer" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Tanzania | Cheetah, Thomson's gazelle skull, peregrine falcon, black rhinoceros | September 2, 2011 | 123 |
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While Chris and Martin are playing with their new cheetah friend, Blur, Aviva designs a new invention, Cheetah Sneaks, hoping that it will be able to outrun a cheetah. However, the invention fails, and the Kratt brothers announce that no land animal can run faster than the cheetah—capable of running speeds up to 75 miles per hour. Aviva takes on the challenge and tries to design an invention that she hopes will outrun the cheetah, though Chris and Martin doubt she will succeed. Learning of Aviva's plan, Zach tries to prove that he is a better inventor than her, and joins in, turning the friendly competition into a high-speed race. With the contest now complicated by Zach's cheating, Chris and Martin are forced to use their creature power suits. However, when Martin finds that Blur is missing, he discovers that Zach has kidnapped her, and uses his Falcon suit ("Falcon City") once again to stop Zach. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal name: Blur | ||||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Stuck on Sharks" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Indian Ocean | Great white shark, remora, orca, bluestreak cleaner wrasse, yellowfin tuna, giant oceanic manta ray | October 17, 2011 | 137 |
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Martin and Chris are on a mission to uncover the secret life of the mysterious great white shark. They use Aviva's incredible Remora Rocketsub to "stick with" a female shark and learn that the giant predator of the sea actually has many challenges to contend with and that she could help them discover something that no one has ever seen before—the birth of great white shark pups. But when Gourmand sniffs around looking for ingredients for his shark fin soup recipe, the Wild Kratts team must help rescue their new friend. Villain of the week: Chef Gourmand Animal names: Sucker-Head, Razor-Mouth | ||||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Mimic" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Tanzania | Cheetah, honey badger, black mamba, plains zebra, black rhinoceros, lion, Thomson's gazelle, spotted hyena, giraffe, African honey bee, band-eyed drone fly | October 18, 2011 | 125 |
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While exploring why some animals mimic the looks of others, Martin and Chris encounter their old cheetah friend Blur, who is now a mom—she has given birth to a cheetah cub. But before they know it, evil fashion designer Donita Donata 'cat-naps' the startled mom right in front of their eyes. The Wild Kratts team springs into action on a rescue mission before Donita adds the momma cheetah to her new fall line. Martin discovers that the cheetah cub has unexpected powers of mimicry, and its ability to mimic the ferocious honey badger is the key to foiling Donita and protecting the cheetah. Villains of the week: Donita Donata, Dabio Animal names: Blur (from "Cheetah Racer"), Spot Swat | ||||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Little Howler" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Canada | Gray wolf, cougar, common raven, moose cheetah | October 19, 2011 | 134 |
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Chris and Martin find a wolf pup in Martin's bag after a chaotic morning involving a wolf pack and Chris's Creature Power Suit set in moose mode. Animal name: Little Howler, Blur (from "Cheetah Racer") | ||||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Raptor Round-Up" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Tanzania | Secretarybird, eastern chanting goshawk, martial eagle, spotted eagle-owl, peregrine falcon, bald eagle, white-headed vulture, turkey vulture, king vulture, wedge-tailed eagle, harpy eagle, eastern screech owl, crested serpent eagle, lion, common warthog, black mamba | October 20, 2011 | 140 |
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Martin and Chris challenge themselves to ID as many hawks, eagles, owls, falcons, and vultures as they can. But Gaston Gourmand has his own plan for the raptors and has been capturing them all in his quest to find the tastiest bird wing. The Wild Kratts team succeeds in rescuing the raptors before they become Gourmand's next gourmet delicacy. They'll have to use everything they know about classification and birds of prey to round up the raptors and return them to the wild. Villain of the week: Chef Gourmand Animal name: Stomp | ||||||||
| 28 | 28 | "A Bat in the Brownies" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Georgia | Little brown bat, mosquito, eastern screech owl, largemouth bass, peregrine falcon, common raccoon | October 24, 2011 | 136 |
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When a brown bat crash-lands into a plate of Jimmy Z's famous brownies, Martin and Chris set out to convince Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy Z, that bats are nothing to be afraid of. With bat activated Creature Power Suits, the bros follow join their new friend on a nocturnal fly about, and the entire crew must come to the rescue when a bat colony's roost is destroyed by a lightning bolt. Animal name: Bite-Size | ||||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Masked Bandits" | Chris Kratt | Chris Roy | New York | Common raccoon, gray wolf, crayfish | October 25, 2011 | 131 |
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As they prepare for a creature costume party, the Wild Kratts team begins to notice all sorts of strange things happening in the Tortuga HQ. Jimmy is sure there is a ghost or monster living with them, but the Kratt brothers are convinced it is some kind of creature. When the gang sets out to discover who is causing all the trouble, they discover a raccoon family has snuck into the Tortuga and that certain animals gravitate towards human habitation because it provides food and protection from predators. They must put the raccoons back to their home before the entire Tortuga HQ gets wrecked up and avoid wolves during the process. Animal name: Mama Raccoon | ||||||||
| 30 | 30 | "Ker-honk" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Borneo | Proboscis monkey, Sunda clouded leopard, false gharial, yellow-crested cockatoo, crested serpent eagle, reticulated python | December 30, 2011 | 124 |
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When Chris and Martin's Creature Power Suits get jammed in proboscis monkey mode, they find themselves joining the troop to help them stay out of reach of the top predators of the Indonesian rainforest. Animal names: Schnozzle, Nosey | ||||||||
| 31 | 31 | "The Food Chain Game" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Tanzania | Harvester termite, helmeted guineafowl, grasshopper, Thompson's gazelle, bat-eared fox, martial eagle, cheetah, African bush elephant, lion, African rock python, plains zebra, giraffe, common warthog, caracal, black rhinoceros, African honey bee | January 16, 2012 | 130 |
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Aviva wants to build a food web for the African savannah, so she devises a game and Martin and Chris accept her challenge. They will each start as a blade of grass and climb to the top of the food web in a game of "Food Web Fury" so Aviva can track the table during the game progress. As they play, the brothers boost their knowledge of the complex relationships between predators and prey as well as the differences between herbivores and carnivores. Animal names: Blur (from "Cheetah Racer"), Thornsley (from "Elephant in the Room") | ||||||||
| 32 | 32 | "Flight of the Pollinators" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Central America | European honey bee, goldenrod crab spider, fig wasp, green-breasted mango, eyelash viper, kinkajou | March 30, 2012 | 132 |
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When a miniaturized Chris gets covered with pollen and ends up sticking to a bee, he is off into the remarkable world of the pollinators. Martin, Aviva, and the rest of the creature explorers must find Chris in an adventure that uncovers the amazing delivery system of plants and their animal partners. They learn that plants use animals to help them make their seeds through a process called pollination, so Martin, Aviva, and the rest of the gang use that method to save Chris. Animal names: Beast, Flash, Figgy | ||||||||
| 33 | 33 | "Caracal-Minton" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Namibia | Caracal, helmeted guineafowl, cheetah, common warthog, spotted hyena, spotted eagle owl, Nile crocodile | April 2, 2012 | 126 |
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The Wild Kratts crew has a badminton tournament. While Chris and Martin are playing, a caracal steals Aviva's birdie, causing her to break down in tears. And this is no ordinary birdie—it is Aviva's precious family heirloom. Chris and Martin reassure her that they will find it, and try to find the caracal. When they do, Chris encourages Aviva to build a guinea fowl flapper, because guinea fowls are what the caracal likes to eat. She gets the inspiration to build one. On the way, Chris and Martin get captured by the same caracal that took their birdie, which they name Hang Time. When they get there, they face two caracal kittens who want to eat them. They get their birdie back but when a caracal kitten named Pouncemore gets dropped in the middle of the Namibian savanna, the Kratt brothers must use caracal creature powers and take him back to his home before hyenas find him. Animal names: Hang Time, Pouncemore | ||||||||
| 34 | 34 | "Zig-Zagged" | Chris Kratt | Eva Almos | Angola | Plains zebra, spotted hyena, giraffe, hippopotamus, Nile crocodile, North American beaver, Tasmanian devil | May 14, 2012 | 127 |
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Chris and Martin get caught in the middle of a zebra stampede, and when the dust clears, a lone baby zebra is left behind. The Wild Kratts must find the young zebra's herd and return him to his mom. Along the way, they learn the secrets of patterns in the creature world and how the zebra's stripes are critical to a special defence called "confusion camouflage". Animal names: Maze | ||||||||
| 35 | 35 | "A Huge Orange Problem" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Borneo | Bornean orangutan, proboscis monkey, false gharial, African bush elephant, crested porcupine, black rhinoceros, common warthog, spotted hyena, aardvark, Draco lizard, platypus | June 4, 2012 | 128 |
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While Chris and Martin are off searching for the endangered orangutan in the forests of Borneo. Back at the Tortuga HQ, Aviva, Koki and Jimmy get carried away swinging on vines and their muscles get so incredibly sore that they cannot do anything. The bros attempt to rush back with the first aid kit but a huge orangutan keeps tossing them back into the forest. Here they learn that orangutans use a special leaf and chew it into a lotion to ease muscle soreness, and return with this orangutan medicine to help their friends. But Zach has sent his Zachbots to cut the trees of the orangutan forest, and Martin and Chris activate the orangutan powers of the Creature Power Suit to rid the forest of saw-armed Zachbots and save the orangutans' rainforest home. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal names: Huge-O, Schnozzle (from "Kerhonk") Thornsley (from "Elephant in the Room") Plato (from "Platypus Cafe") Slurpy (from "Aardvark Town") | ||||||||
| 36 | 36 | "Birds of a Feather" | Chris Kratt | Eva Almos | New Guinea | Raggiana bird-of-paradise, superb bird-of-paradise, Lawes's parotia, fly | September 7, 2012 | 138 |
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When Aviva reveals that dancing is just not her thing, Chris and Martin set out in the New Guinea forest to inspire her to give dancing a try by uncovering some of the greatest dancers in the creature world—the birds-of-paradise. They soon find that the male birds use their showy bright feathers and extraordinary dances to display to potential female mates that they are healthy and strong. But when the gang gets caught up in Donita's plan to capture these fashionable birds for her latest clothing line, Aviva must put her dancing skills on the line to save them and stop Donita. Villains of the week: Donita Donata, Dabio Animal names: Hip-Hop, Smiley | ||||||||
| 37 | 37 | "Seasquatch" | Martin Kratt | Chris Roy | Pacific Ocean | Yeti crab, phytoplankton, water flea, New Zealand arrow squid, Atka mackerel, giant squid, sperm whale, tube worm, caridean shrimp, anglerfish | October 22, 2012 | 129 |
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When Martin accidentally knocks Jimmy's controller into the ocean, the Kratt brothers volunteer to go into the deep to find it, encountering an anglerfish and other deep sea creatures. But then the submarine loses power while they are exploring the strange landscape of the ocean depths and they are trapped on the ocean floor of the deep sea. Aviva must figure out how to harness the energy from the deep sea's hydrothermal vents to save the brothers and return them to the surface. The Wild Kratts team learns all about the amazing process of chemosynthesis and how deep sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy. With a little help from the yeti crab, Martin and Chris are able to capture this energy and use it to restart the Amphisub and return to the surface. Animal names: Seasquatch, Bumper (from "Whale of a Squid") | ||||||||
| 38 | 38 | "The Gecko Effect" | Martin Kratt | Martin Kratt | Borneo | Tokay gecko, moonrat, conehead katydid | October 23, 2012 | 133 |
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There's a mystery to be solved, as the Wild Kratts team wonders how a gecko climbs up smooth surfaces and can even climb upside down. The gang uses their Miniaturizer to shrink down and discover it's all about physics: all objects have electrical charges that attract one another and the gecko's marvelous toe pad structure charges so much that they can walk on surfaces as smooth as glass. But in the meantime, Zach has stolen their Miniaturizer and imprisons them in a glass terrarium. Martin and Chris activate the new gecko powers of their Creature Power Suits that Aviva has made in the Creature Power Disc Creator (also known as the M.I.K.—Mobile Invention Kit) so the Kratt brothers must get the crew out of the glass terrarium and must retrieve the Miniaturizer before Zach shrinks all the animals in the creature world. Villains of the week: Zach Varmitech (cameo appearances Donita Donata, Dabio, Chef Gourmand) Animal names: Okay | ||||||||
| 39 | 39 | "Googly-Eye: The Night Guru" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Borneo | Horsfield's tarsier, proboscis monkey, conehead katydid, brown tree snake | October 24, 2012 | 139 |
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The Kratt brothers secretly "borrow" Aviva's half-finished night vision goggles to go in search of a mysterious nocturnal creature. But when the unstable goggles stop working, the brothers find themselves taken in by the nocturnal society of the tarsier. As they investigate, the Wild Kratts team discovers that nocturnal creatures only come out at night and learn that eyes help a creature see by collecting the light that comes from objects all around. But when the tarsier troop is in danger of losing one of their own, Chris and Martin must tap into their newfound understanding of nocturnal living and help the troubled tarsier family. Animal names: Googly Eye, Googly Jr. | ||||||||
| 40 | 40 | "Quillber's Birthday Present" | Chris Kratt | Chris Kratt | Botswana | Crested porcupine, lion, plains zebra, common warthog, African bush elephant, giraffe | October 25, 2012 | 135 |
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It's Aviva's birthday, and Chris and Martin decide to collect shed porcupine quills to make a beautiful necklace as a gift. As they tag along with an African crested porcupine, they discover that animals have different ways and even some highly specialized features to defend themselves from predators. For example, porcupine quills are modified hairs, designed by nature into a deadly defense. However, Zach ties balloons to many animals which then float up to his jet. The Kratt brothers must use the porcupine's amazing defense from their Creature Power Suits to protect the porcupines from Zach's latest animal collection scheme and rescue the animals Zach had captured. Villain of the week: Zach Varmitech Animal names: Quillber, Maze, (from "Zig-Zagged"), Mama Porcupine | ||||||||
References
- ↑ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Wild Kratts"]". United States Copyright Office.
- ↑ "Wild Kratts − All Show Broadcast Times". New Hampshire PBS. Retrieved February 13, 2023.